Attachment for smoking-pipes.



PATENTBD MAR. 28, 1905.

I. N, WEITZEL. ATTACHMENT FOR SMOKING PIPES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 11 1905.

Hid-e921 I No. 786,078.

Patented March 28, 1905 PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC NORD IVEITZEL, OF ROCHESTER, NEIV YORK.

ATTACHMENT FOR SMOKING-PIPES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 786,07 8, dated March28, 1905. Application filed January 11,1905. Serial No. 240,614.

To (I/Z74 whmn itvmry concern:

Be it known that I, IsAAc NoRD WEITZEL, of Rochester, in the county ofMonroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Attachments for Smoking- Pipes, which improvement is fully set forthin the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

My invention, which I term antinicotin pipe safety, is an attachment forthe interior of the bowl of a smoking-pipe, the same being usually madeof sheet metal and constructed to be readily inserted in the bowl of thepipe or removed therefrom, as may be desired.

Those using tobacco-pipes find it objectionable to press the tobaccodown against the bottom of the bowl, as when thus pressed down it notonly tends to clog the smoke-passage leading through the stem, but thetobacco at the base of the bowl when thus packed becomes saturated andworthless and prevents the easy and pleasurable smoking of the pipe.Devices have been heretofore employed to hold the tobacco away from thebottom of the bowl of the pipe; but such devices have been mostlyconstructed to constitute permanent parts of the pipes, or at best ofdifiicult removal therefrom. These devices, furthermore, have acted tohold the tobacco more or less away from the inner surfaces of the bowls,which is undesirable, both as they thus tend to heat the smoke drawninto the mouth and also deprive the smoker of the line and enjoyableflavor imparted to the smoke when using a meerschaum or a sweet-brierpipe with the tobacco burning in direct contact with the walls of thebowls. To remedy these and other difiiculties and objections, I haveproduced the new and novel device hereinafter set forth, the main objectof my invention being to provide a device or attachment separate anddistinct from the pipe and capable of being readily inserted in the bowlor instantly removed therefrom, the device acting to hold thetobaccoaway from the bottom of the bowl, but allowing it to press directlyagainst the side walls of the bowl.

The invention is hereinafter fully described, and more particularlypointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which, with the reference characters markedthereon, form a part of this specification.

Figure l is a pipe, partly in longitudinal section, showing my inventionin place therein. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device detached.Fig. 3 is an edge view seen as indicated by arrow 3 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 isa view from beneath, seen as indicated by arrow in Fig. 3. Fig. 5, drawnto an exaggerated scale, is a plan of the device, showing a form ofperipheral serration, the spring-arms being hori- Zontally sectioned, ason the dotted line 5 in Fig. 2.

In the drawings, A is an ordinary smokingpipe, and B my improved safetyattachment, to be used in the bowl of the pipe, as shown. Thisattachment, which is commonly made of hard-rolled sheet metal cut outwith a die and subsequently bent to form, comprises a circularconcavo-conveX disk (4, surrounded by a narrow annular border or part b,in a plane at right angles with the axis of the disk. At opposite sidesthe disk is provided with narrow elastic arms 0 0, extending in linesslightly divergent upward from its concave side, the arms having lengthpreferably about equal to the diameter of the disk and one being benthorizontally inward at its upper free end to form a slight projection orspur (Z, as shown in Fig. 2.

In using this attachment it is placed in the empty bowl of the pipe,with the arms 0 'projecting upward and pressed by the finger dow nwardagainst the conical or contracted part of the bore, the plane of thedisk being at right angles with the axis of the bowl. The spring-arms c,standing normally slightly apart at their upper ends, act to pressoutward against the opposite walls of the bowl sufficiently to hold thedevice securely in place and prevent it from dropping out or becomingotherwise accidentally displaced. Should it be wished to remove theattachment at any time for cleansing or other purposes, it may bequickly withdrawn by introducing the ball of the finger beneath the spur(Z. The disk (I.

is perforated and formed with serrated periphery, as shown, theperipheral indentations admitting of a slight downward draft around theedge of the disk next the wall of the bowl to insure the burning of thetobacco in contact therewith. This gives to the smoke the pleasant favorexperienced when smoking a meerschaum pipe or one made of the sweetbriar. The serrations f may be of any size or kind found best adaptedfor the purpose, the nurling of the edge of the disk being usually mostpreferable; but whatever the form or size of the indentations they in nocase extend inward wholly across the annular border or flat part b ofthe disk a, this annular part being provided in part purposely in whichto form the indentures.

The spring-arms c c, it will be observed, being narrow do not cover anyconsiderable part of the inner surface of the bowl, and so do notmaterially interfere with the combustion against the walls of the bowl.

After the device is inserted in the bowl of the pipe the tobacco is putin place and pressed down against the perforated disk in the usualmanner.

These attachments are sold in the trade independent of the pipes, thedisks (0 being made of such diameter that they will fit the bowlof anyordinary pipe, resting down against the conical or tapered lower part ofthe bore, while the narrow sprl ng-arms bear throughout their lengthssnugly against the walls of the bowl.

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An attachment for a smoking-pipe, consisting of a circular perforatedconcave-convex disk having an annular border in a plane at right anglesto the axis of the disk, arms extending in slightly-divergent lines fromthe edge of said border, the latter being formed with a serratedperiphery.

2. A smoking-pipe having, within the bowl, a sheet-metal concavo-convexperforated disk crossing its axis, and having a serrated edge, andprovided with two oppositely-disposed narrow arms extending toward themouth of the bowl, one formed with a spur, said arms pressing the wallsof the bowl with elastic pressure throughout their lengths.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this 6th day of January,1905, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ISAAC NORD VVEITZEL.

\Vitnesses:

Exos B. VVHITMORE, MINNIE SMITH.

